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A GOLD LACQUER SUZURIBAKO IN THE SHAPE OF A 6192
HAGOITA (BATTLEDORE)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), circa 1850-1875
The upper section of the tapering lid decorated in gold hiramaki-e,
takamaki-e, e-nashiji and kirikane on a kinji ground with an illustration
featuring Hatsune, Chapter 23 of Genji monogatari (The Tale of Genji),
known as Hatsune, depicting an uguisu (warbler) in gold singing in
the garden of an aristocratic dwelling, the handle with an overall key-
fret pattern; the interior dense nashiji and fitted with two removable
supports for a small rectangular ink stone edged with fundame and a
circular paulownia-etched silver water dropper with gilt accents; with
silver rim bands
With two nested wood tomobako (storage boxes), the outer with a gilt
lacquer inscription
10 1/2in (26.6cm)long

US$4,000 - 6,000

6192
A LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Rectangular with a removeable inner tray and decorated overall in gold
hiramaki-e, takamak-e and nashiji on a hirame ground with willows,
chrysanthemums, water plants in bloom and clouds of mist and
chrysanthemum family crests, dew drops of inlaid silver, the interior
with a continuatin of the design, fundame edges
14 5/8 x 11 3/4 x 5 1/8in (37.1 x 29.8 x 13cm)

US$2,000 - 3,000

6193
A SET OF TWO MIRRORS IN LACQUER CASES
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Each of tyical form with a polished reflecting surface and decorated
on the reverse with family crests in relief against a stipled ground and
finished with a gilt wash, the handles wrapped in bamboo. signed
murata Yamashiro (no) kami Fujiwara Yoshihiro, in fitted black-lacquer
cases decorated with family crests on the covers in gold hiramaki-e,
the edges fundama
13 5/8in (34.6cm) long (the largest)

US$1,500 - 2,500

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